Simple Forecasts

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I have written about Gerd Gigerenzer's work on heuristics before, but I had not realized that Robin Hogarth has done some very important work on predictions by experts in social science.

This is a terrific little video, and pay attention to what Hogarth has to say about predictions by experts: brings to mind another Robin who has doubts about experts with no track records.

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